M1 Chpt 1: Community Nutrition & Public Health

Question 1

Community Nutrition Includes

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• Public health nutrition
• Dietetics
• Nutrition education
• Medical nutrition therapy

Question 2

Common-Interest Community

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A collection of people with common interests that bind them together regardless of their geographic location

Question 3

Public Health

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The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, & health & efficiency through organized community efforts

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The 3 important parts of prevention

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• Personal
• Community-based
• Systems-based

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Personal Prevention

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• Involves people at the individual level

- Ex: Encouraging new moms to breastfeed

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Community-based Prevention

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• Targets groups

- Ex: Public campaigns for healthy eating

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Systems-based prevention

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• Deals with changing policies and laws to achieve the objectives of prevention practice
• Can include socioeconomic status because it affects health through environmental and behavioral factors (especially in children)
• Ex: Laws regarding childhood immunizations, food labels, & food safety

Question 8

The link between socioeconomic status and health-related issues are triggered and maintained by:

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• The selective process

- The causative process

Question 9

The selective process

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Represented by childhood health, which determines adult health and socioeconomic position

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The causative process

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Represents 3 groups of risk factors:

• Lifestyle
• Structural or environmental
• Psychosocial, stress-related factors

Question 11

Primary Prevention

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• Focused on controlling risk factors
• Preventing diseases before they happen
• Reducing incidence
• Ex: fortifying milk w/ vitamin D

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Secondary Prevention

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• Identifying disease early through screening
• Identifying disease before signs and symptoms show
• Timely intervention
• Ex: Providing nutrition education to those with high cholesterol

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Tertiary Prevention

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• Intervention to reduce severity of diagnosed condition
• Goal is to prevent or delay disability or death
• Ex: Providing education programs for those recently diagnosed with hypertension

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Health promotion

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The process of enabling people to increase control over the determinants of health and improve their health

Question 15

Interdisciplinary team

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• A collaboration among personnel representing different disciplines of public health workers
• Ex: nurses, social workers, dietitians, etc.

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Moral virtues for healthcare professionals established by the American Board of Internal Medicine

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• Integrity
• Respect
• Compassion

Question 17

Nutrition Care Process & Model (NCPM)

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Method used by nutrition professionals to evaluate and make decisions about nutrition-related problems

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Nutrition Care Process Steps

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• Assessment
• Diagnosis
• Intervention
• Monitoring and evaluation

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Critical thinking

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The way individuals learn to assess and modify a situation before acting

Question 20

Diagnosis statement:

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• AKA a PES statement
• Summary of nutrition diagnosis
• Standard phrases include are “related to” and “evidenced by”
• Addresses the most important/urgent problem first

Question 21

The four categories of nutrition intervention

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• Food and/or nutrient delivery
• Nutrition education
• Nutrition counseling
• Coordination of nutrition care

Question 22

Community nutritionists should focus interventions on…

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The etiology/cause of the problem identified in the PES/diagnosis statement

Question 23

Nutrition Prescription

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The recommended dietary intake of selected foods or nutrients based on currently dietary guidelines, current health, and nutrition diagnosis

Question 24

Nutrition implementation

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The action phase of the nutrition intervention

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The 3 components of nutrition monitoring and evaluation

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• Monitor progress
• Measure outcomes
• Evaluate outcomes

Question 26

Define Preventive Nutrition

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• Dietary practices and interventions directed toward a reduction in disease risk and/or improvement in health outcomes
• Prevent disease rather than manage it

Question 27

The Ten Essential Functions of Public Health

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• Assess & monitor health status
• Investigate, diagnose, and address health problems/hazards
• Communicate, inform, and educate about health factors and how to improve them
• Strengthen & support communities and partnerships to improve health
• Create & implement policies & laws
• Use legal actions to improve & protect the public’s health
• Link to services - Assure an effective system that enables equitable access to the individual services and care
• Build a diverse & skilled public health workforce
• Improve and innovate public health functions through ongoing evaluation, research, and continuous quality improvement
• Build and maintain a strong organizational infrastructure for public health.